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Every WiiU Launch Story in One Place

There are far too many stories pertaining to the WiiU launch to keep track of right now, and so I’m going to do what blogs do best: aggregate.

Below you’ll find links to stories about different aspects of the WiiU launch, both on our own site and on others. While you’re reading these, I’m going to try and hunt down a store that isn’t sold out of the console.

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So far the biggest issue I’ve seen from friends is there’s a LONG update process when first setting up, 2-5 hours in many cases. And the Wii to Wii U transfer process for WiiWare/VC games is pretty onerous. Nothing game breaking, just tedious.

It’s funny. The media keeps telling me that Wii U is sold out, but Gamestop, Target, Walmart, and Best Buy all have a ton in stock in my town. In fact on Black Friday they gave out numbers for different consoles and the Wii U had a ton of numbers left. It’s actually looking like the PS Vita was the best selling console this Black Friday, oddly enough. It was ranked number 2 on Amazon for video games and by far the highest selling console (it’s still the highest selling console right now). It was also by far the most common ticket item sold at Gamestop. Even Target sold out of Vita bundles in my area. That aside, the Wii U did not seem to sell very well at all in my area. I only heard one person ask about the Wii U while I was out Black Friday shopping and I heard Kinect, PS3, and Vita many, many times. Even 3DS a few times, though it didn’t sell overly well either since Nintendo didn’t reduce the price much. I can literally walk into any electronics store right now and buy a Wii U without having to worry about stock at all in my area.

So this crazy idea that the Wii U is sold out everywhere, is nonsense. Amazon is sold out. That’s about it. Target and Walmart both have them available online. That aside, you did a great job of compiling a lot of info on the Wii U. Nicely done. ;)

FYI: Amazon is NOT sold out. Amazon does not sell Nintendo consoles because of a dispute some time ago about faulty Nintendo DS hinges where Nintendo forced Amazon to eat the costs rather than taking them back and repairing them.

The Wii U is having a bad launch. The Wii took MONTHS before it was widely available. The Wii U is available virtually everywhere. Now even Gamestop’s website has it in stock with free shipping. It took MONTHS for that to happen with the original Wii. Tons of people that bought these things to flip them will be returning them to stores to get their money back. That will bloat the inventories. Expect dismal sales number for this launch. Going into next year it’s going to be a complete disaster for Nintendo.